Spanish superstar Marc Marquez grabbed his third MotoGP world title on Sunday, winning the Grand Prix of Japan while top rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi failed to finish.
Lorenzo crashed out five laps before the end of the race, all but handing a rampant Marquez the title. Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso finished in second place, ahead of Maverick Vinales of Suzuki. For Marquez, it's his fifth overall title and his third in MotoGP, after his triumphs in 2013 and 2014.
As shared by MotoGP's official Twitter account, the Honda man was as shocked as anyone when he realised he had won the title:
Per Crash.net, he couldn't help but think of his grandmother, who died toward the tail end of the 2015 season:
It's an amazing feeling. I didn't e...